2. Use the IS-LM model to analyze the general equilibrium effects of a permanent increase in the...
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2. Use the IS-LM model to analyze the general equilibrium effects of a permanent increase in the price of oil (a permanent adverse supply shock) on current output, employment, the real wage, national saving, consumption, investment, the real interest rate, and the price level. Assume that, besides reducing the current productivity of capital and labor, the permanent supply shock lowers both the expected future MPK and households' expected future incomes. (Assume that the rightward shift in labor supply is smaller than the leftward shift in labor demand.) Show that, if the real interest rate rises at all, it will rise less than in the case of a temporary supply shock that has an equal effect on current output.
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Macroeconomics Value Edition
ISBN: 978-0136114895
7th Edition
Authors: Andrew B. Abel ,Ben Bernanke ,Dean Croushore